World Bank projects: Outrage over Buhari’s special focus on the North

Nigerians and socio-cultural groups on Friday lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his alleged request that the World Bank should focus on the North.

They described the request as proof that Buhari’s administration favoured the North.

The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, had at a press conference on Thursday in Washington DC, United States, said that the bank had concentrated on the northern Nigeria, in line with Buhari’s request.

PUNCH, October 14, 2017

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